Happy Wednesday! You know what that means. It’s that time of the week where you can unabashedly declare which ladies you’ve been hardcore crushing on. At Decider, we like to make a weekly point of saying ‘YAAAS’ to a badass member of Team Woman, and today our queen is Adepero Oduye — the only badass female in the sausage fest that is The Big Short. This certainly isn’t the first time you’ve seen Oduye, however, and it surely won’t be the last. The indie darling has been coming up fast the last few years and is slowly but surely securing supporting roles in Oscar-worthy fare. Acquaint yourself with the Brooklyn native’s previous roles before you start seeing her appearing in more and more.

WHY WE’RE CRUSHING:The Big Short, or, as I like to call it, “Economics for Bros” was a two-hour long tribute to dudes, suits, wigs, and moolah (I know, I know: unpopular opinion). The drama, centered around the events leading up to the 2008 collapse of the housing and financial markets, was a mockumentary reimagining of the main players’ — Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), Michael Burry (Christian Bale), Mark Baum (Steve Carell), and Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt) — involvement in betting against the crappy mortgages approved by the banks, making them even wealthier than they were when they started out. Interrupting the boys club, however, is Adepero Oduye, who’s portrayal of Morgan Stanley exec Kathy Tao, is the only time we see a strong female onscreen throughout the film’s duration. For that, Miss Oduye, we thank you.

WHERE YOU KNOW HER FROM: Oduye’s breakthrough role was in Dee Rees’ poignant coming-of-age drama, Pariah. As young Alike, a lesbian teen from the Bronx, Oduye garnered a win from the African-American Film Critics Association and Black Reel Awards while helping carry the film to a Sundance Grand Jury Prize nomination. Oduye was then cast in the award-winning ensemble of Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, which took home the Oscar for Best Picture in 2013.

WHERE YOU’LL SEE HER NEXT: Oduye is appearing in Dean Devlin’s (producer of Independence Day and The Patriot) upcoming sci-fi thriller, Geostorm, out next January.